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This report discusses how the major urban development schemes in India do not adequately take into account issues related to children’s health, education, growth, safety and participation. The rising urbanisation in India presents an opportunity to design

Organised by the Bernard van Leer Froundation with support from the National Institute of Urban Affairs and the Ministry of Urban Development (Government of India), the conference Small Children, Big Cities: Building Smart Cities for Child-friendly 21 st-

This issue of Southasiadisasters.net, published by the All India Disaster Mitigation Group, outlines a few of the necessary factors and prerequisites needed to make a child friendly city. The experience and expertise of organizations and individuals that

For generations England has struggled with how to help the most disadvantaged children in the poorest places. For all the gains that have undoubtedly been made, the life chances of those children continue to be blighted by repeated failures to find interv

This document outlines a framework for defining and developing a Child Friendly City. It identifies the steps to build a local system of governance committed to fulfilling children’s rights according to international standards. The framework simplifies th